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White Castle to post restaurant inspections

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The new Broadway White Castle opened in 2015 across from the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse and Custom House at 7th Street downtown.(Photo: Gregory A. Hall/The Courier-Journal)Buy Photo

The White Castle hamburger chain has launched a website, WhiteCastleClean.com., dedicated to promoting food safety, cleanliness and transparency by providing county health inspection scores for all White Castle restaurants.

White Castle, based in Columbus, Ohio, said it is the first quick-service restaurant chain to create a website specifically designed to share health inspection scores with the public.

The Louisville area has nearly a dozen White Castle outlets.

“The commitment to food safety, cleanliness and total transparency in our efforts are critical aspects of serving our customers and are the foundation upon which founder Billy Ingram built our family-owned business,” said Jamie Richardson, vice president of White Castle, in a press release.

When Ingram launched White Castle nearly a century ago, he strategically named his restaurant to help combat the public’s negative perception of the hamburger. “White” represented cleanliness, and “Castle” was a symbol of strength, White Castle said in announcing the website.

Although Louisville Health Department posts health scores online and in restaurants, not all counties and cities do, Richardson said.

“Restaurant inspection and health scores are handled at a county and municipal level," Richardson said. "So, while there is a semblance of a universal standard, there are unique differences in how the scores are assigned at each county across the United States."

The site will be updated biannually and the most recent scores will be included on the site. For more information about White Castle’s food safety and cleanliness initiatives, visit whitecastle.com.

Reporter Sheldon S. Shafer can be reached at (502) 582-7089, or via email at sshafer@courier-journal.com.